Falling Colors has proudly served as New Mexico ASO, since 2017
As the Administrative Services Organization (ASO), under contract with the Behavioral Health Collaborative, Falling Colors processes payments for behavioral health services by service providers within the Behavioral Health Collaborative network. These payments utilize state general funds from Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD), Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD), and Federal Grants, and they are made in accordance with Behavioral Health Collaborative instructions and up to the availability of funds.
From 2017 to present, Falling Colors has acted as the ASO, and in that role Falling Colors manages and accounts for all expenditures by funding source, as specified by the Behavioral Health Collaborative. Falling Colors provides data transfers, reports, data analysis, querying capability, and training for all services to support the Behavioral Health Collaborative and offers technical assistance to the provider Network on the use of its system, NMSTAR, whenever requested.
As ASO, we…
Manage approximately $100 million annually in health and human service dollars
Contract with 230+ providers
Have tracked 2.5 million services to 37,000 participants annually
Manage ~60 behavioral health programs; including integrated Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health programs
Offer end-to-end behavioral health service management, including:
Contracting
Participant data collection
Outcome tracking
Service and claims collection and validation
Data collection
Burn rate management
Financial reporting
Behavioral Health Collaborative
The New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative was established during the 2004 legislation session. The Collaborative allows several state agencies and resources involved in behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery to work as one in an effort to improve mental health and substance abuse services in New Mexico. This cabinet-level group represents 15 state agencies and the Governor’s office.
New Mexico is in its sixth year of a ten year process to transform behavioral health services to adult, children, youth and families, driven by a focus on recovery and resiliency.
The vision of the Collaborative is to be a single statewide behavioral health delivery system in which funds are managed effectively and efficiently. The Collaborative aims to create an environment in which the support of recovery and development of resiliency is expected, mental health is promoted, the adverse effects of substance abuse and mental illness are prevented or reduced, and behavioral health consumers are assisted in participating fully in the lives of their communities.
The Collaborative is charged with a number of responsibilities including:
Inventorying all expenditures for mental health and substance abuse services.
Paying special attention to regional, cultural, rural, frontier, urban and border issues, and seeking and considering suggestions of Native Americans.
Contracting with a single, Statewide services purchasing entity (SE); Monitoring service capacities and utilization in order to achieve desired performance measures and outcomes;
Making decisions regarding funds, interdepartmental staff, grant writing and grants management;
Comprehensive planning and meeting State and federal requirements;
Overseeing systems of care, data management, performance and outcome indicators, rate setting, services definitions, considering consumer, family and citizen input, monitoring training, assuring that evidence-based practices receive priority, and providing oversight for fraud and abuse and licensing and certification.
Our Partners:
Department of Health (DOH)
